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We've brought you our Best Songs, Best Albums, and Best New Artists of the year so far, group efforts that required lots of debate, discussion, and careful checking to make sure we hadn't forgotten anything. We couldn't possibly include every album, song, and new artist that we individually loved, so here are our staff picks—personal favorites and the music we couldn't stop listening to in the past six months.